Luke Littler names darts’ two hottest prospects and throws down gauntlet

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Can anyone really be the next Luke Littler? (Picture: Press Association via DPA) Luke Littler sees incredible talent emerging in darts, but can he see any of them replicating his…

Luke Littler sees incredible talent emerging in darts, but can he see any of them replicating his success? He would be very surprised.

The 19-year-old is already a two-time world champion and has 14 major PDC singles titles to his name, sitting pretty at the top of the world rankings.

After reaching the World Championship final on debut at 16, it has been an incredible level of dominance from a man unable to enjoy a beer when he goes to the US Darts Masters.

The Nuke’s success has caused an explosion of interest in darts and there is a wave of young talent ready to crash down on the professional circuit.

Littler sees his new challengers emerging, with two standing out to him above the rest.

Speaking to Metro, Littler said: ‘There’s loads of youngsters. I think they’ve just got to get their head down and just obviously want it.

‘The biggest ones, I’d say at the minute they’re probably just level with each other, are Archie Self, he’s just won the Modus Super Series in Portsmouth and Mitchell Lawrie, the Scottish young lad. Then there’s just so many more.

‘It’s so good to see so many youngsters and if they can come through and do what I’ve done, then yeah, fair enough. Me and the whole tour, we’ve got something on our hands.

‘For myself, I was just straight in at Ally Pally, with the media, papers, all that stuff, it was all new. Whereas the likes of Mitchell and Archie, they’ve had interviews before they’ve been playing, so obviously they’re getting used to it sort of thing. If they do come on tour and get a tour card, then it’ll just be normal to them.’

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